Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-05
INDEPENDENCE DAY.
CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
The Day in New York-Tammany's OBJ
servancs- Governor Lee Talks to the
Braves, saehems, and chiefs-
The Festivities Elsewhere.
[By telegraph 10 tho Dispatch.

every person who had chance left the bot
CITY for cooler breathing spots. Matiuers
we're given IN several Of the theatres. but
Thee were not well patrOnized owing ID
the oppressive heat. The old Trinity
hines rang out a series Of patriotic airs in
honor Of the day.
All The braves. sachems. and chiefs oil
Tammanv Hall filed the large wigwam To-
CAV 10 celebrate the birth OF American IN
derendonce. Cappa's seyenth.Regiment
band diScOursed patriotic airs. Grad
-aclem Flsck called the meeting TO order.
aud " short speech ha6e all welcome 10
The hail Of Tammany Society.
After several anthems were sung by The
Union Glee Club the Declaration OF lnde-
uenderce was read by Eugene 5. Ives.
Governor Lee, OF Virginia, was Intro
duccd at the CONCLUSION OF the singing OF
the sword OF Bunker Ill.," He was re-
ceivCd with great enthusiasm. He spoke
In a full, strong voice, and bis reference
70 bis rtsldeHce in "Old Virginia y was the
signal for three cheers for the another OF
PIcsidents.v lie told Of the annual Gus.
tom Of the remnant OF the Pamun6ey tribe
" IndIans 10 render tribute 10 the Cover
nor OF Virginia, and satd that now tire Gus
tom l. reversed. Instead OF the Indians.
going TO the Governor, reprcsentiiiye OF
The Commonwealth has gone TO the Indians
aud came in great ship laden with Wiz.
giLi1 tobacco that all might smoke the pipe
q peace. lie came to join with the braves
II 1amm1ny Hall To renew upon these
afsrs the fires OF the first Revolution. Nlr-
pinia To-day clasped hands with New
York IN The celebration of this event,
a. our fathers did about this great metro
polls in The days OF the Revolution.
Governor lee s3Id: 81 regret that
the grand sachom OF fammaDy Hall, john
Kelly, 1. not here to-day that his eyes mig1t
look upon tins scene and see the two sec
tons Il The country coming closer and
closer together in fIateTnal greeting. The
Old Dominion was tire first TO declare her
rights ~ sn independent state, and in May,
1916. George Mason drew up her 'Bill OF
flights The orator dwel. upon the part
hat Virginia bad taken I'm the struggle for
lib,Iiy, and the acts OF Richard Henry Lee
before the ContircntI Congress; Patrick
Ilcury with his "Ii this be treason make
the most OF IT,; Thomas Jefferson, when
% framed The charter of American libert',
snd George Washington when he organ
lied the militia Of the COLONY"
Ccntiuuug, Governor Lee remarked /:
al our fOTciathers were derelict IN any
ihing, It was in that they did not fully par.
licuIaIize and fully set forth the rights of
tie SIatCs. At the time OF that session
th0e was young man-JOhn Randolph
who said he saw The poison under the
eagles wing which would bring pestilence
over tie whole lind. That poison Wa
ihuc, ny friends, and you know when the
rtiuucc cane. He Of the South Insisted
that SIC had the right 10 wiihdra y from
the Ubicn II Ye Hc'e dissatisfied. YOg y
New YIk thought othclwi.c. / do not
ui,r 10 This dead pat to raise zap
.Cciiora feeling. No; but | want you
20 l.rtye that we of the South
ought Ter what we believed TO be oar
,'eEt, g., honestly rs did You OF The North.
Hc dld not fight for ra'iOAs when wc
tod 10 cat pcrsmm0ls to Iii our stoma n
20 tie ialIons: not for clothing not FOR
Confederate money, fer it wa, not worth
ton cents q yard; but for right. But
HAT j. past. Il was submitted 10 the
sword aud was decided against us. Now
the whiie-winged angel OF peace covers
tie land, ana Nirginia's star shine. a.
tTightly IN that union OF blue and stars
and stiipes as does New YOrk's, and u
those siars and stripes mean anything they
mean ;nat Virginia and New York stand
on equal terms. There il no contention
now; all is peace. and the Union l. indeed
one and inscparlblc, and the South rc'Os.
uizcs that fact. Methinks | hear ibe voice
OF the great soldier who ,lcepsin Riverside
Park saying from bis death bed tina, he feels
that great era Of peace is approaching
Virginia J. not sulkiug in a corner. Ine
Lars On l4r maintain old. 49,. .la,un. and
Trains laden with her products she j. srad
ing 10 TIE sea. She l. prosperous, ana
Joins with the other States North aud South
in saying, The Union one and indiyiSi.
be-"
Coycir0~ Lees remarks were received
with iumultuous applause. ard as be- sat
down the band broke oft with " Beanie
Bue Fla..'
After IIi,f speeches by William G. My
lmy. Of Michigan, and Hon. Blrnc,
Compton, Of Maryland, "sunset" Cox
nadc an address, in which he sad that or
'alh,rs did not fight for liberty. They
struck Tor independence. They hld never
lost their Liberties. And then he Gey)ted
his attention to the discussion OF tls pJ-
litical situation. lie asked: What j. The
shihholcih Of The Republican party! why,
there WIS . little incident concerning tie
battle leos The other day. The illgs we're
mouldIiug in TIE attic OF the Wa
Department at Washington. II was
uonO.ed TO continue this era Of GOOD
feeling lttRCon The North and the
south, but the President found that
il was unlawful AID the order WAS coun.
iCrmsudtG. There never WIS such noise
raised before g. oar lcpubicln III nd
rai.ed Over this matter. Governor Foraker,
OF Ohio, sent on 10 Washington TO hive The
Government njOircd from performing
his act 81 0OOd.fellOwship. Had he lived
Ia the days when 4 babe was born in Beth
lehCm he would have sent on 70 Jerusalem
iol an &! der crioiuing the heavenly host
from SINGING, peace on earth, good viii
20 men. and mandamus compiling
;Hcm TO sing opposite, 'Ha'e Oh earth,
ID viii 4 mcu.'
This col GUIDED the list Of speaker AMI
TIE star spapgled Banner" was sung by
all plC,Cri. The sacnem., braves, and
mclr frCnOs retired to the basement after
lie exercises 10 the hall and plrtook OF the
.o0d Thing. with which the tables were
iaden.
TIE following letter from President
Cleveland was read:
EXECUTIVE M,NsIOS,l
WASHINGTON. June 2j, 1887.
TO Jan Is 4. FGck, Esq.,, Grand Sdchem :
My Dear Sir,-l have received vow myl-
talon to Join with the society OF Tamnlny
III IT. EinNy.ninlb celebration Of the birth
daV o; the republic. While there has neen
tie creates; propriety in The annual cele.
nraiiOu so hong Continued OF this day by
society founded upon patriotic principles
and devoted to the creed most in cDnso-
nnncr with the nnrnnlnlfinn and nm